Cable-making for Suspension Bridges: With Special Reference to the Cables of the East River Bridge |
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... Weight of each Anchor - plate . .129x119 feet . .... 117x104 feet . .23 tons . Total cost of Bridge , exclusive land ac- quisition ... $ 9,000,000 . CABLE - MAKING FOR SUSPENSION BRIDGES , WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE EAST RIVER BRIDGE ,
... Weight of each Anchor - plate . .129x119 feet . .... 117x104 feet . .23 tons . Total cost of Bridge , exclusive land ac- quisition ... $ 9,000,000 . CABLE - MAKING FOR SUSPENSION BRIDGES , WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE EAST RIVER BRIDGE ,
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... 267 feet 6 inches above high water . The cast iron saddles , ( see Figs . 39 and 40 ) , weighing 12 tons each , rest on 43 iron rollers of 3 inches di- ameter , which are moveable on a cast- iron bed - plate , 4 inches thick and weighing ...
... 267 feet 6 inches above high water . The cast iron saddles , ( see Figs . 39 and 40 ) , weighing 12 tons each , rest on 43 iron rollers of 3 inches di- ameter , which are moveable on a cast- iron bed - plate , 4 inches thick and weighing ...
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... plate , 4 inches thick and weighing 11 tons . On the flanges of a saddle , six short stands are cast , serving as bearings for three rollers , in which the strand rests during its construction . The middle roller is placed 6 inches ...
... plate , 4 inches thick and weighing 11 tons . On the flanges of a saddle , six short stands are cast , serving as bearings for three rollers , in which the strand rests during its construction . The middle roller is placed 6 inches ...
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... plates or 127.64 feet below the point of intersection of the two tangent lines , drawn common to cable and saddle in river and land span . Let us now exam- ine the influences acting on the cable , which tend to change its elevation ...
... plates or 127.64 feet below the point of intersection of the two tangent lines , drawn common to cable and saddle in river and land span . Let us now exam- ine the influences acting on the cable , which tend to change its elevation ...
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... for one of the outer strands of the East River Bridge . Two heavy iron bars LL , fitting close- ly to the sides of the shoe , and bolted to a double steel plate in front of it , form the grasping arrangement . Figs . 35 and 36 show 99.
... for one of the outer strands of the East River Bridge . Two heavy iron bars LL , fitting close- ly to the sides of the shoe , and bolted to a double steel plate in front of it , form the grasping arrangement . Figs . 35 and 36 show 99.
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adjusted anchor anchor bars anchorage ASITY attached Berkeley LIBRARY Brooklyn C. E. Illustrated calculation CALIFORN CALIFORNIA LIBRARY cloth connection consists cradle ropes curve deflection distance drum East River Bridge edition engravings equal equation fastened feet final position foot footbridge formula friction GILLMORE Guide Wire guidewire hence high water horizontal tension HYPSOMETRY land cable land span lashing latter length lithographed plates load manufacture masonry Messrs method morocco motion P₁ parabola placed pounds PRACTICAL TREATISE Prof regulated ring river span rollers rolling friction running wire saddle Scale screw shoe side spliced squeezer squeezing standing wire stays steam engine steel rope strain strand stretch suspended SUSPENSION BRIDGES tangent tion tons traveling rope traveling sheave U. S. Navy UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA values vertex W. H. CORFIELD weight wheel wire ropes wooden block wrapping machine wrapping wire Zerah Colburn